Celebrating My Birthday at Lake of the Woods, Ontario

Jon and I drove east from Winnipeg to Lake of the Woods, Ontario near Kenora to visit the lake cottage of Shane and Rachel Fainman. The cottage is a log cabin on an isolated island near Clearwater Bay. We had three days of absolutely perfect weather allowing us to enjoy kayaking, fishing, swimming, hiking, photography and great meals prepared by Rachel.



Jon preparing for his first ever kayak in my TideRace Hardcore Xcite 17-foot kayak.


And he was hooked. Jon quickly became an avid kayaker at Lake of the Woods enjoying the smooth water and excellent shoreline.


Jon enjoyed an impromptu rowing expedition after the small engine on the boat we were using flooded and we couldn't get it started for 20 minutes. Jon finally got it started and although he got a blister we make it back to the cottage relatively unharmed.


Very dramatic clouds at sunset on Lake of the Woods.


Jon and I spent a very nice morning doing some macro photography near the cottage. We found very interesting mushrooms and wildflowers to photograph.


I took this very small wildflower up close with a very large aperture to blur the background.


Early morning dewdrops on a spider web macro shot using a tripod.


Weed up very close.


Mushroom closeup.


Shot from my kayak on Lake of the Woods. Notice the Canadian Shield (Precambrian era rock).


Sunset from the Fainman's dock.